Device for use with rings.



M. ZIMMERMANN;

DEVICE FOR USE WITH RINGS.

' APPLIOATION FILED 4116.6, 1909.

984,058.- Patented Feb, 14,1911.

THE NORRIS PETERS co., wAsmNowN, b. c

MARIE ZIMMERMANN, 0F BROOKLYN, YORK.

DEVICE FOR USE WITH RINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Application filed August 6, 1909. Serial No. 511,500.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, MARm ZIMMERMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Use withRings, fully described and represented in the following specificationand the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in devices for use withfinger rings and the like.

It is the special object of the present invention to provide achangeable device to be used or worn in conjunction with finger ringswhich have a gem or gems or the like mounted therein, which device is ofsuch construction that when in use it shall appear to be a part of thering with which it is used, and which furthermore may be readily placedin position with or readily removed from the ring.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a device thatshall be independent of the ring with .Which it is to be used, and suchthat it may be held in wearing position with the ring simply by thepressure against it of the linger on which the ring is worn.

To this end the invention consists generally in providing a memberadapted to have gems or stones or the like mounted therein, which memberis preferably in the form of a plate and is of such dimensions that itmay be passed through or into the ring with which it is to be used toplace it in wearing position therewith. The member is furthermoreprovided with an aperture or opening in which the stone bearing portionof the ring is adapted to set, and with portions around the apertureforming what may be termed bearing surfaces or portions against whichthe finger on which the member and ring are placed may bear and thushold the member in. position with the ring, the member when in positionappearing to be a part of the ring. With a device of this character, awearer having, for instance, a ring in which is set a solitaire stone,can make the ring have the appearance of a marquise or other style byusing a member of the appropriate form. By using semi-precious orimitation stones a wearer can thus have .a large number of differentlyappearing rings at small expense.

For a full understanding of the invention, a detailed description of thesame will be given in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view of a ring of the solitaire style, with one ofthe devices in position; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same partly insection; Fig. 3 is a top or face view of one form of the device; Fig. iis a cross section on line 44 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a top or faceview of another style of the device.

Referring now to the drawing, which shows the invention in its preferredform, the device is shown as used in conjunction with a finger ring ofthe solitaire style, though it may be used with any other form or styleof ring. This ring is marked 1 in the drawings. The device, as shown,comprises a member designated generally by the numeral 2. This membermay vary somewhat in its-construction. Preferably it will be in the formof a plate and of such dimensions that it may be passed into or throughthe rin with which it is to be used, being also preferably somewhatnarrower than is necessary to enable it to be so passed into or throughthe ring. The plate will be provided with an aperture or opening inwhich the stone-bearing portion of the ring is adapted'to set, and withthe bearing surfaces or portions around the aperture against which thefinger on which the ring is placed will press or bear and hold the platein position with the ring. In the particular construction shown, thisplate includes portions or parts 3, 4-, which are shown as having gemsor stones mounted thereon, and which portions likewise form bearingsurfaces. The aperture or opening before referred to may be formed inany suitable manner. I11 the construction illustrated, the parts 3, 4;are spaced apart and connected by narrow strips or bars 5, soldered orotherwise secured to the parts 3, 4:. Two of these strips or bars 5 areprovided, spaced apart from each other and secured to the parts 3, 4 ateach side, and between them and the two parts or portions 3, 4 is formedan aperture or opening having walls formed by the parts 3, 4, and thestrips 5. Into this aperture the stone-bearing portion of the ring isadapted to set, the aperture being of such dimensions that thestone-bearing portion of the ring will set snugly therein, and the stoneor stones of the ring and of the plate appear to be one and the same. Inthe construction illustrated, these strips also form bearing surfacesagainst which the finger presses when the setting is in position. Thesestrips or bars 5 are furthermore secured to the parts 3, 4:, at theirunder or lower sides, so that their upper surfaces are somewhat belowthe top plane of the parts 3, 4:, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the bandof the ring on each side of the stone or stones therein may seat on thebars as shown. The plate is, as before stated, preferably slightlynarrower than the diameter of the ring to enable this arrangement to beaccomplished.

While the plate 2 has been described as comprising the two parts 8, 4connected by the strips or bars 5, it is obvious that it may be madeintegral, and cut away or otherwise formed to provide an aperture oropening of suitable dimensions. The plate 2 may, of course, be providedwith parts 8, a of any suitable configuration to produce the desiredeffect, the forms shown in Figs.

3 and 5 being shown simply as examples.

In using the device, a plate of the desired character is selected, whichis passed into the ring and the stone -bearing portion thereof set intothe aperture. The plate and ring is then placed on the finger, whichpresses against the bearing portions and holds the plate firmly inposition, so that the setting of the ring and the plate appear to be thesame. lVhcn the ring is removed from the finger, the plate, in theabsence of any securing means, drops or is readily removed from thering. If desired, suitable securing means may be employed for fasteningthe plate and ring together.

The invention has been shown and described in its preferred form. It isunderstood, however, that the invention is not limited to the specificconstruction of parts shown and described, but that changes andvariations may be made therein without departing from the invention.

lVhatis claimed is l. A device of the character described to be usedwith a finger ring which has a gem or gems mounted therein, comprising amember dimensioned-to be passed into the ring and provided with anaperture into which the stone-bearing portion of the ring is adapted toset, so that the member when in position appears to be part of the ring.

2. A device of the character described to be used with a finger ringwhich has a gem or gems mounted therein, comprising a plate independentof the ring and dimensioned to be passed into the ring and provided withan aperture into which the stone-bearing portion of the ring is adaptedto set, so that the plate when in position appears to be part of thering. r

3. A device of the character described for use with a finger ring whichhas a gem or gems mounted therein, comprising a member independent ofthe ring and provided withan aperture into'which the stone-bearingportion of the ring is adapted to set, and bearing portions around theaperture against which the finger 011 which the member is worn pressesto hold the member in position with the ring.

4, A device of the character described to be used with a finger ringwhich has a stonebearing portion and a gem or gems mounted therein,comprising a plate dimensioned to be passed into the ring and includingportions having gems or stones mounted therein, said portions beingspaced apart and connected by bars or strips spaced apart and forming anaperture into which the stone-bearing portion of the ring is adapted toset, so that when the plate is in position it appears to be part of thering.

5. A device of the character described to be used with a finger ringwhich has a gem or gems mounted therein, comprising a member includingportions having gems or stones mounted therein, said portions beingspaced apart and connected by bars or strips, the upper surfaces ofwhich are below the top surfaces of the portions, said strips being alsospaced apart, and with the portions forming an aperture into which thestone bearing portion of the ring is adapted to set.

(S. A device of the character described to be used with a finger ringwhich has a gem or gems mounted therein, which device is independent ofthe ring and is provided with an aperture into which the stone-bearingportion of the ring is adapted to set and which is narrower than thediameter of the ring so that it may be passed into the same- S. Thecombinationwith a finger ring having a gem bearing portion and a gem orgems mounted thereln, of a removable memher provided with an apertureinto which the gembearing portion of the ring is adapted to set and withportions around the 21 e1- ture forming bearing surfaces agzunst whichthe finger 011 which the member is worn presses to hold the member inposi tion with the ring.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, 1n the presence oftwo subscrlblng P. B. PHILIPP, ARTHUR F. GOTTI-IOLD.

